<html><body>"The supporters of the von Hellmann family fought bravely, 
but their lack of organization was their undoing. As the King's army 
approached, the family finally realized that they had failed. By then, most 
of their sympathizers had been beheaded or taken prisoner by the King's army. 
The von Hellmanns were very powerful, but their treasonous behavior caused 
them to fall into disgrace and to be renounced by the royal family. The fall 
was especially painful to Alfred, who, as patriarch, had to watch as his 
vassals and then his family were tortured and beheaded, before he ascended 
the scaffold himself.<br>
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